Sesek Law

Attorney at Law

Resume

Deborah Sesek

PROFESSIONAL

Sole Practice Attorney

November 2009 to Present
Legal counsel and representation to Employers in Ohio Workers’ Compensation

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

January 1980 to October 2009
Elected First Woman Partner in 1984
Member of Firm’s Board of Managers 1995 to 1999
Chair of Employment & Workers’ Compensation Practice Group 2008 to 2009
Chair of Litigation Group 1996 to 1999
Chair of Workers’ Compensation Department 1986 to 1992

Honorable Leroy J. Contie, Jr., U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Ohio

Law Clerk 1976 to 1979

EDUCATION

Case Western Reserve University, Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations

Certificate in Nonprofit Management  2011

Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law  J.D., cum laude, 1976

University of Dayton  B.A., 1972

University of Innsbruck, Austria

COURTS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS

Admitted to Ohio Bar 1976;  California Bar 1987

Member of Ohio State, Cleveland Metropolitan, and Akron Bar Associations

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America  1997 through 2010, 2012

Recognized as one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers 2004 to 2010, 2013 as voted by peers

Member, Board of Directors, St. Mary Urban Education Initiative, Inc., 2012

Past Member, Advisory Board, Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School; Chair 2002 to 2008

Past Member, Board of Trustees, Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School Education Endowment Fund; Chair 1996 to 2008

Past Member, Board of Trustees, St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology 1993 to 2002; Chair 199 to 2002

Past Member, Board of Trustees, Catholic Youth Organization and Community Services, Inc., formerly CYO of Summit County, 1988 to 1998; Chair 1991 to 1993